Vientiane - Lao-PDR (February 28, 2017): A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Foundations of Success (FOS) finds that an ecotourism strategy based on “direct payments,” where local ...

... governments in Vietnam and Laos debate and (eventually) implement recommendations made in Tourism Master Plans and other studies with good success. Also working with UNESCO on World Heritage Site managemen ...

... Roi Ariel: Certifications give credibility to a business, showing its commitment or quality of operation. However, we should remember that certifications are voluntarily. A tourist in Laos can choose to ...

... set out in 2004 to create what became a highly successful ecolodge in Laos: Kingfisher Ecolodge located in the southern Champasak province. Massimo has a diploma in business management and he has worked ...

Luang Prabang, Laos PDR (16 Mar 2012) - Zen Namkhan Resort, a riverside ecolodge surrounded by jungle, near the city of Luang Prabang, former royal capital and now a UNESCO World Heritage site, announces ...

... le Promotes Sustainable Adventure Tourism
Laos: Renovated heritage building to house new history museum in Champassak province
Saladero Lodge, new ECOCLUB.com Ecolodge Member
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Luang Prabang, Laos - 3 November 2011
In early August, TAEC's Co-Directors travelled to Champassak province to help develop a historical museum on Khong Island. This was a follow-up to a training TAE ...

"...unfortunately, for a majority of destinations, environmental, human rights and other social considerations are an afterthought. They may even have it on paper, but they do not put those policies into ...

Luang Prabang, Laos - 18 August 2011
On 15 September 2011, the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre will open a new exhibition, "From Courtship to Kinship: Wedding Celebrations of Laos' Ethnic Groups" ...

"The 2008 financial crisis and ensuing sovereign debt crisis, which has engulfed leading tourism economies such as Spain, Portugal and of course Greece, demonstrates both the precariousness of an economic ...

Andre Dukhia is the Tourism Development Specialist for Nature and Outdoor Tourism Ontario (Canada). Andre has recently taken up the position and will be responsible for mainly tourism product development. ...

... the vast ethnic diversity of Laos, focusing on materials, techniques and styles employed in textile making by each major ethnolinguistic group as well as their adaptation and change. TAEC also sold handicraft ...

Tara Gujadhur founded the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre (www.taeclaos.org) with Thongkhoun Soutthivilay (now Co-Directors) and has been based in Luang Prabang for over 7 years. Tara has a BA in ...

... People from Laos and Udonthani in Thailand immigrated to the area to work as loggers, to collect forest products, to make charcoal and to grow cassava on the cleared land. As the local water sources dried ...

Three new Ecolodges have been accepted as Members of ECOCLUB.com.
Zen Namkhan (Laos) Experience zen on the banks of the Nam Khan River near Luang Prabang. Six Bungalows built in south east asian style, ...